RELIGION.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 62, 17 May 1912, Page 4

RELIGION.

Discissions on religion arc o! |>' :m----nial interest, and numerous. I<-tters ha\e come !o hdlii the editor and ltiysclf. It would be impossible to ;«uni them ;ill ;we must le;*\e souk , room f< ; r advertisements, l.ci.crs iiiiiM I' si. or;. am! to the point. Long screens going o\<t the same ground and ohlv bn-;.th-ing fervent belief on liiiu-r side ol the question cannot expect ppaec b.-ing j^i\-«-ti . Fun her, letters bucking up my position, unless they have s.onie vt-iy spo< ill pniiiis, cannot go in. The editor hits (lfputed that side to mc, ami while- I had much rather b< , dealing with Socialism, the attacks of parsoiw and churches cannot lit; neglected. ti.il.—Thanks, but wo cannot use that at present. S.W. — Yes, 1 know, but that is one of the. tilings we've to put up with. Jim. 11. —It often happens. 13ut when they ai'e mud-slinging don't go down into tho mud with them. They (an only splash you now and again. Hut how dirty they get. Alfred Lewis sends 1(5 pages of nearly foolscap size of closely-written matter — mainly assertion and saying nothing new, except the courteous exclamation. "1 uoud'T if Mr. Hartley has any sense at itllr" Alfred! How is it possible, when you seem to havo a monopoly of ''s<'Use.'' We can't all have it all. /. specimen of Alfred's logic is contained in stateme'ifs lik<> these: "It w;is tb.e intention of Jehovah to fill the. earth with a race of perfect, happy, healthy beings, if Adam and Kve had not yielded to the wiles of the tempter and fallen into sin." To most, of us, Alfred, it would seem that if an Almighty Creator wanted, "perfect, happy, healthy beings." it should have been quite as eaay to have created them perfect to start with, inslei'.d of creating them imperfect and thru punishing them for being imperfect. (.let this into your head. Alfred: There is no such thing ap sin. Such n belief is the result of what you yourself describe as "Their consciences being the, playthings of priests." Another of Alfred's: "By nature man is out of harmony with the mind and will of his Maker." Oh. Alfred! What was the Maker doing? If Alfred will do a bit of thinking and a bit of reading before he- writes again, it will be a gain to all of us. Let him try "The Life of Buddha." Arnold's "Light of Asia," and Blatehford's "Uod and My Neighbor." The answer to Alfred's other assertions is: This is the year 1012 of the so-called Christian era, and never in history were the nations further from the practice of the Christ teachings. If it is so good and right. Alfred, persuade the Christians to let us have some. Anxious. —My dear nvadam. have no fears. If your faith is on a right- foundation no one can move you. We Socialists believe ours is the only way to bring peace and happiness on earth. Was it not Nathaniel, when told of the strange new teachings, who said: "If it be wrmii.;, it will com(< to uauvht. ll' it be right, untiling can Ftop it." When wo know the truth we shall be free indeed.